Virtual warehouse system

Abstract

A virtual warehouse system may determine a product code associated with a request for an item generated by a user device. The system may search for the requested item with a virtual warehouse database based on the determined product code. The system may identify a lead inventory associated with the requested item based on searching for the requested item with the virtual warehouse database, where the lead inventory is out of stock of the requested item. The system may identify one or more stocked inventories with one or more stocked items that correspond with the requested item based on the search, where the one or more stocked items is identified without the one or more stocked items corresponding to the determined product code. The system may cause the user device to display one or more notifications associated with the one or more stocked inventories.

1 . A system, comprising:
 a non-transitory memory; and   one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
 determining a product code associated with a request for an item generated by a user device; 
 searching for the requested item with a virtual warehouse database based at least on the determined product code; 
 identifying a lead inventory associated with the requested item based at least on searching for the requested item with the virtual warehouse database, wherein the lead inventory is out of stock of the requested item; 
 identifying one or more stocked inventories with one or more stocked items that corresponds with the requested item based at least on searching for the requested item with the virtual warehouse database, wherein the one or more stocked items is identified without the one or more stocked items corresponding to the determined product code; and 
 causing the user device to display one or more notifications associated with the one or more stocked inventories. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining a selection of at least one notification from the one or more notifications displayed by the user device based at least on a user input received with the user device, wherein the one or more stocked items is delivered from a location of the one or more stocked inventories to a location associated with the user device based at least on the selection of the at least one notification.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the determined product code of the requested item comprises a universal product code (UPC),
 wherein searching for the requested item comprises searching for the requested item with the virtual warehouse database based at least on the UPC,   wherein the lead inventory is identified based at least on the UPC,   wherein the lead inventory corresponds with a description of the requested item, and   wherein the one or more stocked inventories is identified based at least on the description of the requested item corresponding with respective descriptions of the one or more stocked items.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining from the virtual warehouse database a respective location of each of the one or more stocked inventories, wherein the respective locations are associated with respective distances to a location of the user device; and   identifying at least one stocked inventory from the one or more stocked inventories to deliver the one or more stocked items to the location associated with the user device based at least on the respective distances to the location of the user device.   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the virtual warehouse database comprises one or more secondary market catalogs associated with one or more secondary marketplace networks, and wherein searching for the requested item with the virtual warehouse database comprises:
 searching for the requested item with the one or more secondary market catalogs, and wherein the one or more stocked inventories is further identified based at least on the requested item searched with the one or more secondary market catalogs.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining from the virtual warehouse database a respective rating for each of the one or more stocked inventories based at least on respective user ratings determined for each of the one or more stocked inventories and/or respective merchant ratings determined for each of the one or more stocked inventories; and   identifying at least one stocked inventory from the one or more stocked inventories to deliver the one or more stocked items to a location associated with the user device based at least on the respective user ratings and/or the respective merchant ratings determined for the at least one stocked inventory.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining, based on the virtual warehouse database, at least one stocked inventory from the one or more stocked inventories able to deliver the one or more stocked items from a location associated with the at least one stocked inventory to a location associated with the user device; and   tracking compensation in the virtual warehouse database for each segment of a distance the one or more stocked items travel from the location of the at least one stocked inventory to the location associated with the user device.   
     
     
         8 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
 determining a request for an item generated by a user device;   searching for the requested item with a virtual warehouse database based at least on a plurality of policy preferences associated with the request for the item;   identifying a first inventory associated with the requested item based at least on the plurality of policy of preferences, wherein the first inventory is out of stock of the requested item;   identifying one or more stocked inventories that correspond with the identified first inventory based at least on the virtual warehouse database, wherein the one or more stocked inventories is able to provide the requested item; and   causing the user device to display one or more notifications associated with the one or more stocked inventories.   
     
     
         9 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium  8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining from the virtual warehouse database a respective marketplace network of each stocked inventory from the one or more stocked inventories, wherein the respective marketplace networks correspond with the plurality of policy preferences,   wherein the one or more stocked inventories is identified based at least on the respective marketplace networks associated with the one or more stocked inventories.   
     
     
         10 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium  8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining from the virtual warehouse database a respective bid from each of the one or more stocked inventories, wherein the respective bids are based at least on the one or more stocked inventories able to deliver the requested item from the one or more stocked inventories to a location associated with the user device;   identifying at least one stocked inventory from the one or more stocked inventories to deliver the requested item to the location associated with the user device based at least on the respective bid from the at least one stocked inventory.   
     
     
         11 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium  8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining from the virtual warehouse database respective policies of the one or more stocked inventories to deliver the requested item;   determining the plurality of policy preferences associated with the request for the item corresponds with the respective policies,   wherein the one or more stocked inventories is identified based at least on the plurality of policy preferences determined to correspond with the respective policies.   
     
     
         12 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium  8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining from the virtual warehouse database a confirmation from at least one stocked inventory of the one or more stocked inventories to provide the requested item based at least on the plurality of policy preferences; and   causing at least one stocked inventory of the one or more stocked inventories to deliver the requested item to a location associated with the user device based at least on the confirmation.   
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium  8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining from the virtual warehouse database a ranking of one or more stocked inventories based at least on the plurality of policy preferences associated with the request for the item;   determining a selection of at least one stocked inventory from the one or more stocked inventories based at least on the ranking of the one or more stocked inventories.   
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium  8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining a level of trust associated with the first inventory based at least on the first inventory ranking the one or more stocked inventories; and   storing the determined level of trust with the virtual warehouse database.   
     
     
         15 . A method, comprising:
 determining a request for one or more items generated by a user device;   searching for the one or more requested items with a virtual warehouse database based at least on the determined request;   identifying a first inventory associated with one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) based at least on searching for the requested one or more items with the virtual warehouse database, wherein the first inventory is out of stock of the one or more requested items;   identifying one or more stocked inventories able to provide the one or more requested items based at least on the first inventory associated with the one or more APIs; and   causing the user device to display an indication of the one or more stocked inventories able to provide the one or more requested items.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the virtual warehouse database identifies one or more second APIs associated with the one or more stocked inventories, and wherein the method further comprises:
 determining the first inventory corresponds to the one or more second APIs, wherein the one or more stocked inventories is identified based at least on the first inventory that corresponds to the one or more second APIs.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 determining respective bids generated by the one or more stocked inventories based at least on the one or more second APIs; and   updating the virtual warehouse database based at least on the respective bids determined;   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 placing a hold on the one or more requested items at the one or more stocked inventories based at least on the one or more second APIs; and   confirming the one or more requested items is delivered from the one or more stocked inventories to a location associated with the user device based at least on the one or more second APIs.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the one or more stocked inventories comprises a first stocked inventory associated with a first API and a second stocked inventory associated with a second API, and wherein the method further comprises:
 determining from the virtual warehouse database that the first inventory corresponds with the first API and the second API, wherein the one or more stocked inventories is identified to include the first stocked inventory and the second stocked inventory based at least on the first inventory that corresponds to with the first API and the second API.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the indication displayed by the user device comprises an indication of the first inventory and the second inventory.